Weekly(ish) Wrap-ups – Progress Makes a PhD

date: “November 1, 2026”

— title: “November Goal Setting” date: “November 1, 2026” —

National DNA Day

This week’s wrap-up is more a celebration of DNA as it is National DNA Day, a.k.a. World DNA Day due to the advancements in global understanding of DNA.

Pivot: Changing Tack to Plan, Prioritize, Progress, and Prevail

It has been a minute since I did a proper recap, and since this week was all about planning and realigning myself with the work that will move me forward, it felt like a…

Sundays are for Seahawks & spending time with your favorite bivalve

Testing Mytilus response to resazurin assays

Following the established protocols of the Resazurin Assay (Huffmyer et al., 2025), I modified the assay to support a trial run for Mytilus trossulus. This work had two goals:

Week 1 of 52: Weekly Wrap Up Templates

I’ve decided to stage some templates for my daily and weekly notebook posts to make it easier to pull my notes from Notion together into something cohesive. Below is the…

Epigenetics: A Playbook for Marine Survival

The primary goal of this communication project was to make the complexity of marine epigenetics accessible, engaging, and relatable to a non-expert audience. My intended…

Epigenetics: A Playbook for Marine Survival

How Marine Organisms Run the Ultimate Game Plan

If you’ve ever met me, you know I’m a sports girl. A true-blue (purple), tried and true sports fan. I ride for my Baltimore Ravens, I will alter the weather for my Seattle…

Epigenetics & Ecotoxicology

Exploring Epigenetics as a Tool for Ecotoxicological Work

FISH 510 | October 2025 | Chris Mantegna

Introduction to Notion

productivity tools

Notion has been a management and organization tool that I have been using on and off for the last 6 years, and finally this year I have hit my stride with the platform. This…

Kenya 2025

I had the great fortune of collaborating with the University of Minnesota (UMN) and the National Museums of Kenya (KMN) in July and August to conduct field work that…